Publications of the Research Unit Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-043 // 2012

    Green Innovations and Organizational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

    That the successful use of process technology crucially depends on the right organizational infrastructure is known for a long time as well as the fact that the adoption of new process technology may need…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2012

    05/06 - 2012

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-034 // 2012

    Value for Money? New Microeconometric Evidence on Public R&D Grants in Flanders

    In this paper, we estimate the effect of subsidies granted by the Flemish government(northern region of Belgium) on R&D spending and R&D employment in recipient firms. As econometric treatment effects studies…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-032 // 2012

    How Do Banks Screen Innovative Firms? Evidence from Start-Up Panel Data

    In this working paper we analyse bank screening with regard to the use of hard and soft information. We are interested in differences in the effect of an external credit rating on the use of bank finance, the…